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*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…* On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I meant to mention: An excellent (and free) tool for comparing networks > and visualizing how they overlap and stack is *inSSIDer*, by > MetaGeek<http://www.metageek.com>. > > > -- > Espi > > > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < > michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Check your channels. If they dont stack or overlap with enough >> signal-strength separation between yours and theirs - simply change >> channels. If its not something you can easily implement - perhaps it would >> be helpful to start a dialog with them so you can all agree on network >> configurations that wont interfere with each-other. >> >> -- >> Espi >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> All, >>> >>> I can't remember if I've asked this before - it's certainly been on my >>> mind a bit lately. >>> >>> Until recently, we've been the main tenant in a medium-sized three >>> story building, taking up most of the first floor, and all of the >>> second floor, with a tenant occupying the north half of the third >>> floor. (it's about 190,000sqft, of which we occupy around >>> 100,000sqft). >>> >>> Now there are new tenants on the 1st floor, and the tenant on the >>> third floor has expanded to both sides of the building, and they've >>> each mounted their own wifi infrastructure - very understandable. >>> >>> However, the tenant on the 3rd floor seems to have completely revamped >>> their infrastructure (they used to use Cisco) and have turned up the >>> power quite a bit on their new Meraki units, and I'm starting get >>> reports of our staff having a hard time connecting to our WAPs. >>> >>> We have 17 Cisco units (15x1240AG, and two newer units - I can't >>> remember which model off the top of my head). >>> >>> It looks as if the 3rd floor tenant has a minimum of 9 Meraki units on >>> the South side of the building - I haven't yet surveyed the North >>> side. >>> >>> I'm looking online for strategies for managing wireless in this kind >>> of environment, and not seeing much - probably using the wrong search >>> terms. >>> >>> Aside from working with the landlord (which I plan on doing once I >>> have a bit more understanding under my belt), what strategies >>> (technical and business) have you seen employed to make such an >>> environment "livable"? >>> >>> I'm pretty sure that simply turning up the power on our WAPs isn't >>> going to be a winning strategy - it's probably just start a wifi war, >>> and I'd prefer to avoid that. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> >>> >> >
